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Cartesian Metaphysics : The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy / Jorge Secada.
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- Author/Creator:
- Secada, Jorge.
- Series:
- Cambridge books online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Essentialism (Philosophy).
- Scholasticism--History.
- Scholasticism.
- History.
- Philosophy, Modern--17th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This is the first book-length study of Decartes' metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Suarez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an "essentialist" reply to the "existentialism" of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of skepticism, the theory of substance, and the dualism of mind and matter. His study offers a picture of Descartes' metaphysics that is both novel and philosophically illuminating.
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- Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2012).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780511487309
- 9780521452915
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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